It was as far back as the year 1824 in which the British brought a tea plant from China to Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was known at the time). It was planted in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya and is considered to have been the first non-commercial tea plant in Sri Lanka.

After nearly two decades in 1867, James Taylor, Scottish by origin, planted 19 acres of tea in the city of Kandy in Ceylon, at the Loolecondra Estate as the first commercial tea plantation. The eventual sale of Loolecondra teas resulted in 1872, in Kandy and the first tea consignment to London in 1873. These pioneering efforts were done by trial and error and improved over the years via the introduction and improvement of tea processing machines and methods, by different individuals and companies.

The first broking firm John Brothers & Co. was established in 1876 and the first public Colombo auction took place in 1883 under the guidance of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (which was established in 1839). The Colombo Tea Traders' Association was formed in 1894 and in 1925 the Tea Research Institute was established. These organizations helped boost the production and export of Ceylon Teas in its early stages.

The Blue Water Lily of exquisite beauty is a common sight throughout the island. Growing in shallow fresh waters with no season for blooming, the Blue Water Lily thrives wherever lakes, ponds or marsh land is found.

This flower is considered a symbol of Purity and Truth due to the fact that it grows in muddy water but yet emerges above it so clean and fragrant.

Very colorful ground bird, endemic to Sri Lanka is the national bird of Sri Lanka . Distributed commonly in Sri Lanka 's jungle and dense scrub through out. Roosts high in trees at nights. Flys up to tree branches when threatened. Nests in hidden, scraped place on the ground or on a pile of vegetation just off the ground. Sinharaja is a very good site to watch Sri Lanka Jungle Fowl.

wild life of sri lanka includes its flora and fauna and their natural habbits.sri lanka has one of the highest rates biological endomism in the world..... 

The place where you feels like little England.......

It was last capital of the ancient kings era of sri lanka..i'ts one of the most scenic cities of the island,site scene highlights include the kandy..the tooth relic temple,royal botanical garden,and the beautiful city...